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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
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| fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]], Carnian
| fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]], Carnian
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| taxon = Micromenodon
| taxon = Micromenodon
| authority = [[Hans-Dieter Sues|Sues]] & Schoch, 2021
| authority = [[Hans-Dieter Sues|Sues]] & Schoch, 2021
| type_species = †'''''Micromenodon pitti'''''
| type_species = †'''''Micromenodon pitti'''''
| type_species_authority = [[Hans-Dieter Sues|Sues]] & Schoch, 2021
| type_species_authority = [[Hans-Dieter Sues|Sues]] & Schoch, 2021
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'''''Micromenodon''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[sphenodontia]]n from the [[Late Triassic]] [[Doswell Formation]] of [[Virginia]]. It contains a single species, '''''Micromenodon pitti.'''''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sues|first=Hans-Dieter|last2=Schoch|first2=Rainer R.|date=March 2021|title=A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-earlydiverging-sphenodontian-lepidosauria-rhynchocephalia-from-the-upper-triassic-of-virginia-usa/48267EEEF5480901D5C1C9353BADC15B|journal=Journal of Paleontology|language=en|volume=95|issue=2|pages=344–350|doi=10.1017/jpa.2020.87|issn=0022-3360}}</ref>
'''''Micromenodon''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[sphenodontia]]n from the [[Late Triassic]] [[Doswell Formation]] of [[Virginia]]. It contains a single species, '''''Micromenodon pitti.''''' The species is only known from a partial maxilla with teeth. It has been placed as a basal member of Sphenodontia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sues|first1=Hans-Dieter|last2=Schoch|first2=Rainer R.|date=March 2021|title=A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-earlydiverging-sphenodontian-lepidosauria-rhynchocephalia-from-the-upper-triassic-of-virginia-usa/48267EEEF5480901D5C1C9353BADC15B|journal=Journal of Paleontology|language=en|volume=95|issue=2|pages=344–350|doi=10.1017/jpa.2020.87|s2cid=228808997|issn=0022-3360}}</ref>

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|label1=Rhynchocephalia
|1={{clade
|1=''[[Gephyrosaurus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Diphydontosaurus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Micromenodon]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Planocephalosaurus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Rebbanasaurus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Sphenocondor]]''
|2=''[[Godavarisaurus]]''
}}}}
|3={{clade
|1=''[[Polysphenodon]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Clevosaurus]]''+''[[Brachyrhinodon]]''
|2=[[Neosphenodontia]]
}}}}}}}}}}}}}}


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Rhynchocephalia]]

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[[Category:Triassic species]]
[[Category:Triassic reptiles]]
[[Category:Triassic reptiles]]
[[Category:Triassic reptiles of North America]]
[[Category:Triassic reptiles of North America]]
[[Category:Triassic fossil record]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2021]]

Revision as of 16:56, 13 June 2024

Micromenodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Genus: Micromenodon
Sues & Schoch, 2021
Type species
Micromenodon pitti
Sues & Schoch, 2021

Micromenodon is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Triassic Doswell Formation of Virginia. It contains a single species, Micromenodon pitti. The species is only known from a partial maxilla with teeth. It has been placed as a basal member of Sphenodontia.[1]

Rhynchocephalia

References

  1. ^ Sues, Hans-Dieter; Schoch, Rainer R. (March 2021). "A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A." Journal of Paleontology. 95 (2): 344–350. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.87. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 228808997.